Office Hours: Setting and Stream of Consciousness

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Office Hours: Setting and Stream of Consciousness

My weekly livestream where you can catch up on all the things happening around the shed. This week I talk about setting and things to capture when trying to capture setting. And try my hand a stream of consciousness writing. Guest starring wee Fergus the chihuahua, and my new Google Home device that may or may not survive in my office.

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Putting some flesh on those bones

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Putting some flesh on those bones

Are you still with me? Got your Beat Sheet ready? Now that you’re sketched out the main arc of the story, It’s time to dive in and make a scene by scene outline. This is where that prioritized list and Beat Sheet get translated into your story. Think of the Beat Sheet as high level telling what will happen in your book. Now, it’s time to get to showing.

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